Chapter 1
Ryder woke up in a haze, smoke billowing in the night. He sat up and rubbed his head, just to bring his hand back and draw blood. He tilted his head just as he heard an ear-splitting screech.
"HELP!" The shrill cry of a girl could be heard in the palpable dusk.
Ryder immediately jumped up, just to have his efforts failed as he almost fell back down. He threw his hand out to the side of himself and used the wall to hold himself up. He limped to the cry, determined to help whoever it was.
A teenage girl barreled out of a door to the side of Ryder. About 5' 6'', 13, blonde. Her hair caressed her shoulders, which were covered by the sleeves of her red t-shirt. She toppled over Ryder.
Ryder flailed his arms, although they didn't move much for the pain he was currently in. He crashed to the gravel, pebbles digging into his bleeding, burning back.
"Watch it!" he struggled to get this new body mass off himself.
The new girl immediately rolled to the side, then bounced back up on her feet and looked down at the boy, "And who might you be?"
Ryder looked at the wide, sky blue eyes peering into his own, brown eyes. "Ryder," he coolly replied, then tried getting up.
The girl put a hand on his chest, "Now you better stay still. You got pretty cut up,"
"Call the doctor!" he glared at this so called "expert" she was planning to be now, "And who are you?"
"My name is Ashley," she stood straight and paced a few steps away, then turned back quickly at Ryder to give dramatic effect, "And you sir are in a zombie apocalypse,"